Systems, methods, and devices for setting camera parameters

Abstract

An imaging system includes one or more sensors configured to detect movement of a movable object carrying an imaging device and one or more processors individually or collectively configured to set one or more parameters of the imaging device such that the imaging device is focused on a target object when the movable object is in a first spatial disposition, detect a movement of the movable object from the first spatial disposition to a second spatial disposition through the one or more sensors, and modify the one or more parameters of the imaging device in response to the detected movement such that the imaging device is focused on the target object when the movable object is in the second spatial disposition.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An imaging system comprising:
 one or more sensors configured to detect movement of a movable object carrying an imaging device; and   one or more processors individually or collectively configured to:
 set one or more parameters of the imaging device such that the imaging device is focused on a target object when the movable object is in a first spatial disposition; 
 detect, through the one or more sensors, a movement of the movable object from the first spatial disposition to a second spatial disposition; and 
 modify the one or more parameters of the imaging device in response to the detected movement such that the imaging device is focused on the target object when the movable object is in the second spatial disposition. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the second spatial disposition differs from the first spatial disposition with respect to at least one of position or orientation. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the second spatial disposition differs from the first spatial disposition with respect to at least one of longitude, latitude, altitude, roll angle, pitch angle, or yaw angle. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise a distance between an optical center of an optical assembly of the imaging device and an image sensor of the imaging device 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise a focal length of the imaging device. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more parameters are modified to maintain a field of view of the imaging device. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine a modification to the one or more parameters based on the detected movement of the movable object. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 obtain tracking information indicative of a movement of the target object relative to the movable object; and   determine the modification to the one or more parameters based on the detected movement of the movable object and the movement of the target object relative to the movable object.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to obtain the tracking information based on image data of the target object. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the one or more sensors comprise a plurality of sensors of different sensor types; and   the one or more processors are further configured to process sensor data received from each of the plurality of sensors of different sensor types using a sensor fusion algorithm to detect the movement of the movable object.   
     
     
         11 . An imaging method comprising:
 setting, with aid of one or more processors, one or more parameters of an imaging device carried by a movable object such that the imaging device is focused on a target object when the movable object is in a first spatial disposition;   detecting, through one or more sensors and with aid of the one or more processors, a movement of the movable object from the first spatial disposition to a second spatial disposition; and   modifying, with aid of the one or more processors, the one or more parameters of the imaging device in response to the detected movement such that the imaging device is focused on the target object when the movable object is in the second spatial disposition.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the second spatial disposition differs from the first spatial disposition with respect to at least one of position or orientation. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the second spatial disposition differs from the first spatial disposition with respect to at least one of longitude, latitude, altitude, roll angle, pitch angle, or yaw angle. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise a distance between an optical center of an optical assembly of the imaging device and an image sensor of the imaging device 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise a focal length of the imaging device. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein modifying the one or more parameters comprises modifying the one or more parameters to maintain a field of view of the imaging device. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 determining a modification to the one or more parameters based on the detected movement of the movable object.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 obtaining tracking information indicative of a movement of the target object relative to the movable object;   wherein determining the modification to the one or more parameters comprises determining the modification to the one or more parameters based on the detected movement of the movable object and the movement of the target object relative to the movable object.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 obtaining the tracking information based on image data of the target object.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the one or more sensors comprise a plurality of sensors of different sensor types; and   detecting the movement of the movable object comprises processing sensor data received from each of the plurality of sensors of different sensor types using a sensor fusion algorithm to detect the movement of the movable object.